Bulgaria Signs Trakiya Highway Contract with Greek 'Aktor'

Heavy-duty road construction equipment is on stand-by, ready to begin building the next section of Bulgaria's “Trakiya” highway. Photo by BGNES

The Bulgarian Road Infrastructure Agency is signing Wednesday with the Greek company Aktor the contract for the construction of Lot 3 of the Trakiya highway.

Greece's Aktor placed the lowest price offer of EUR 111.6 M in a tender for the construction of 35.7 kilometers of Bulgaria's Trakiya highway that would link the town of Nova Zagora and the city of Yambol, in southern Bulgaria. 10 other companies submitted bids for Lot 3.

The Greek company announced that they will not use subcontractors and will hire 1 000 new workers for the highway project, of whom up to 90% will be Bulgarian.

The groundbreaking of the road construction is expected for the beginning of August.

“Aktor” is the largest construction company in Greece with over 45% share of the market.

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